In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, scientists embarked on an ambitious research expedition to the North Atlantic to ...

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

You are taught early in science that oxygen on Earth comes from sunlight. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light to split water and release oxygen, shaping the atmosphere and making complex life ...

An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously disappearing.

A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

Discover the mysterious world of underground rivers. From the record-breaking Sistema Sac Actun to the famous Puerto Princesa ...

New findings challenge climate models by revealing the Southern Ocean's unexpected, but also transient, resilience as a carbon sink.

A deluge of record rainfall has turned North America’s lowest point back into the lake it was during the Ice Age —even if ...

Hormuz Island lies in the Strait of Hormuz, where the Persian Gulf meets the Gulf of Oman, about 1,080 kilometers south of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Rainfall is relatively rare on the arid island, and ...

The fund seeks to enable researchers to make leaps rather than incremental advances in the natural sciences and engineering.